Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Jeff Amy, Associated Press
Updated 7:13 pm CDT, Sunday, May 10, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a neighborhood.

Arbery was shot and killed Feb. 23. No arrests were made until this month after national outrage over the case swelled when video surfaced that appeared to show the shooting.

“We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a statement. “The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers.”

Shortly after the video’s leak, Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault. The arrests came hours after officials asked the GBI to start investigating. The inquiry was previously in the hands of local officials.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Georgia-officials-examine-threats-to-Arbery-case-15259988.php

[The Wizard]

1. Who's better at whitewashing a crime

than William Barr?

[sinkingfeeling]

6. +1000

[Hoyt]

2. Georgia's AG also asked for federal help in ending ACA. Willing to bet this is

not for the victim’s family or justice.

I think the shooters will be convicted, but of lesser charges than murder.

The defense will present irrelevant dirt on the victim, especially BS about him going through a construction site, in an attempt to show the men had reason to stop the victim. But, I think, or actually hope, prosecutors will make a concerted effort to show that’s not enough to hunt a man down like game in the Georgia flatlands.

[hlthe2b]

3. it is CYA. It has been reported previously that both Governor AG had seen the video months earlier

and AG said refused to take any action.

[NBachers]

4. "Throw this hot potato in the cooler, will y'all?"

[McCamy Taylor]

5. You mean he wants Barr to bury it?

[mpcamb]

8. Or, kick it to the Feds while local rats scamper away out of sight.

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. Excellent way

to make sure it is buried at the federal level after their local Klan refuses to indict.